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The Lancaster County sheriff’s race boiled over in personal accusations Monday night, with incumbent Barry Faile and Democratic challenger William McCoy calling each other unfit to serve.
Appearing at the Before You Vote Candidates’ Forum 2016 at University of South Carolina Lancaster, the candidates had barely laid out their vision for the office when McCoy criticized Faile’s integrity.

But Heath Springs Administrator Tony Starnes had to drag one out of Utility Service Group, the company that repaired the town’s 150,000-gallon water tank earlier this year. The company didn’t bill the town for its services.

Fran Person, the Democratic candidate for the 5th Congressional District, made an appeal to Indian Land voters of all political persuasions Thursday, saying his priority is improving the lives of middle-class Americans.

Person was the only District 5 candidate at the Carolina Gateway/Indian Land Action Council-sponsored candidates’ forum. Mick Mulvaney, a three-term GOP incumbent, and American Party candidate Rudy Barnes Jr. chose not to attend.

Reece Murphy
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A shooting that wounded two Lancaster men Oct. 10 ranged over a three-block area near Caroline Courts apartments and appears to have involved several people, according to the sheriff’s office incident report.
A sheriff’s office spokesman said Thursday that the investigation continues without a firm suspect.
Injured in the Oct. 10 shooting was Corey Perry, 21, of Norfolk Road and Ja’mes Marcell Blair, 23, of Rope Lane. Both men are expected to recover from their injuries.